City of Seattle Records

554 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Aug 3 1888 Remonstrance of [Frank A Keene]] against the line of the grade of South Eleventh Street, read & referred to the Street Committee an City Attorney. Remonstrance of H M Peters against grade of sidewalk on Box Street in front of Block 56 read and on motion tabled. Petitionf of J A Gould & others for opening Ward Street from Farm to Lombard Street and Lombard Street frpm Farm Street to Farragut Street read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of Geo B Kittenger for permission to raise certain buildings on Washington Street to grade read and referred to Committee on Streets with power to act. Remonstrance of J C Haines and others against granting a franchise for the construction of any street Railway on Union Street which is to be operated by what is known as the overhead" system of electric propulsion read and referred to the Street Committee. PetitioinofD T Denny & others praying that the sewer on Bell Street heretofore ordered constructed be extended to Fifth Street read and referred to Committee on Sewers and Drainage. Petition of W V Rinehart and others for streeet lights on Fifth Street between Pine & Bell Street read and referred to Committee on Street Lights. Petition of Peter Durose for permission to erect a boot black stand in Mill Street referred to Com. on Fire and Water.

573 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 17 1888 From Committee on Sewers & Drainage granting petition of S N Sorensen for a sewer in Spring Street fromThird Street to anoutlet or connection with with some other sewer. Adopted. From Same Committee granting petiton of D T Denny ndothers for a sewer in Bell Street from the Bay to fifth Street. Adopted. From Committee on Street Lights granting petitionof W V Rinehart & others for street Lights on Fifth Street between Pine & Bell Streets saod lights to be of 16 candle power & placed on wooden posts. Adopted. From Committee on Harbor & Wharves recommentind that a public boat landing by built at the foot of Jackson Street consisting of a float made of cedar logs with gangway anchored to the whatf at the foot of of said street for the landing of small boars. Adopted and Street Commission directed to build said landing. From Committee on Streets to whom was referred the petition of the Puget Sound Improvement Co & others regarding sewer connections with Pike Street sewer and planking said Pike Street recommending that said street be planked sixteen feet wide on the south side from Second Street toSixth Street as heretofore ordered and the part of said petition referring to sewer connections be referred to the sewer committee. Adopted From same committee granting petition of J A Gould and others for opening Ward Street from Farm to Lombard Street and Lombard Street from Ward Street to Farragut Street. Adopted.

588 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Aug 27 1888 sidewalks on Roy, Light and Banner Streets read and referred tothe Street Committee. Petitionof John Carigat to gradealley through Block 4 Maynard's Plat and lay sidewalk in same read and referred tot he Street Committee. Petition of C B Collins for license to erect a tent on wast Spring Street read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of C B Bagley & others for opening Farragut Street fromFarm St to Montgomery Street and Montgomery Street from Farragut to Galer St and Galer St from Montgomery St to George Street and George St from Galer St to Garfield Street read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of Alexander Bousinet for damages occasioned by fall through defective sidewalk read and referred to the City Attorney. Communication from City Surveyor notifiying the Council that the owners of Lot 7 Block 20 Lot 8 Block 20 Lots 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 Block 26 and Lot 11 Block 27 all in Bell & Denny's addn abutting on Second Street refuse to remove obstructions so as to permit the widening of said street: read and on motion the Clerk is directed to notify the owners of said lots the remove such obstructions forthwith. Petition of W A Chong & Co for permission to put up a corrugated iron building on South Third Street and make alterations and repairs to wooden buildings read and referred to Committee on Fire &Water. Communication from O F Wegner President of the Western